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Pharmaceutical Industry

Merck Enters Exclusive License Agreement for HRS-5346, an Investigational Oral Lipoprotein(a) Inhibitor, for Cardiovascular Disease from Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. - Business Wire

5 Large Drug Stocks to Watch as Industry Recovers - Yahoo Finance

Net prices for medicines inched up in last year's fourth quarter after falling a year ago, analysis finds - STAT

$180M Deal: Alumis Partners With Japanese Pharma Giant for Revolutionary Skin Disease Drug - StockTitan

Drugs Licensed

Pharmacist accused of theft, addiction, and working while impaired wins back license - Iowa Capital Dispatch

Prescription Drug Costs | Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments, Economy, Laws, Government, & Regulation - Britannica

A new biotech licensing Chinese drugs with a unique approach gets high-profile backing - STAT

ROSEBURG POLICE JAIL MAN FOR ALLEGED DRUGS/SUSPENDED LICENSE - kqennewsradio.com

For nearly $2B, Jiangsu Hengrui licenses heart drug to Merck - BioWorld Online

License plate readers credited with stolen car, drugs seizure in Lebanon - WSMV 4

North Portland store under drug investigation has liquor license suspended - Oregon Public Broadcasting

Merck Enters Exclusive License Agreement for HRS-5346, an Investigational Oral Lipoprotein(a) Inhibitor, for Cardiovascular Disease from Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. - Business Wire

Proposed legislation paves the way for AI to prescribe drugs - Mobihealth News

Drugs Patents

8 key drug patents expiring soon — and what it means for the market - Quartz

US Patent Office grants Closed Loop Medicine key patents for cardiometabolic capabilities in GLP-1 and Direct Oral Anti-Coagulants (DOAC) therapies - News-Medical.Net

Closed Loop Medicine to enter the GLP-1 arena following US patent portfolio expansion - FirstWord Pharma

Just How Steep Is the Drug Patent Cliff? Ask These Pharmas - BioSpace

The top 10 drugs losing US exclusivity in 2025 - FiercePharma

Sponsored Content: The Connection Between Patents and High Drug Prices - POLITICO

Exclusive | New Version of Merck’s Blockbuster Cancer Drug Threatened by Patent Battle - The Wall Street Journal

23andMe nears two drug deals as company enters Chapter 11 - San Francisco Business Times

USPTO Confirms Unreliable Patent Numbers by I-MAK in Drug Pricing Debate - Hudson Institute

Drugs Generics

Not All Generics Are Created Equal: Study Exposes a 54% Higher Risk in Indian-Made Drugs - SciTechDaily

Generic Competition and Drug Prices - FDA.gov

Donald Trump may find himself in a bind on tariffs on generic drugs - Moneycontrol

What Is a Generic Drug? - Health Essentials

Why do hospitals keep running out of generic drugs? : Planet Money - NPR

Researchers Discover a Serious Hidden Risk With Many Generic Drugs - ScienceAlert

RAI Explainer: Generic Drugs, Property Rights, and the Orange Book - Center for Strategic & International Studies

Trump's tariffs, trade war with China could worsen prescription drug shortages in US - USA TODAY

Clearing the Path for New Uses for Generic Drugs - Federation of American Scientists

FDA Food and Drug Administration

Constituent Update - FDA.gov

Federal workers ordered back to office find shortages of desks, Wi-Fi and toilet paper - NPR

Senate confirms Marty Makary to lead FDA - The Hill

Senate confirms Makary for FDA commissioner - Roll Call

Senate confirms Marty Makary to lead FDA, Jay Bhattacharya to head NIH - CBS News

Pre-Market Consultation for Food Made with Cultured Pork Fat Cells - FDA.gov

US FDA greenlights GSK's drug for UTIs in women and girls - Reuters

ReCode Therapeutics Receives U.S. FDA Orphan Drug Designation for RCT2100 for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis - BioSpace

FDA approves first new antibiotic for UTIs in nearly 30 years - NBC News

Pharmaceutical Companies

Trump again threatens tariffs on pharmaceuticals in 'not too distant' future - FiercePharma

Trump tariffs drive pharma manufacturing to US but risk inflation and disruption - Pharmaceutical Technology

Can RFK Jr. ban pharma TV ads? - POLITICO

‘I’m not trying to turn GSK into Google’: How GSK’s Silicon Valley veteran has transformed the pharma giant into a tech powerhouse - Fortune

Merck Enters Exclusive License Agreement for HRS-5346, an Investigational Oral Lipoprotein(a) Inhibitor, for Cardiovascular Disease from Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. - Business Wire

5 Large Drug Stocks to Watch as Industry Recovers - Yahoo Finance

GLP-1s are driving returns on R&D investments for Big Pharma, report says - Quartz

$180M Deal: Alumis Partners With Japanese Pharma Giant for Revolutionary Skin Disease Drug - StockTitan

RFK Jr. reportedly plans to ban pharmaceutical ads on TV - LiveNOW from FOX

Retail Pharmacies

Novo Nordisk Extends Lowered Wegovy Price to Retail Pharmacies - Managed Healthcare Executive

Novo Nordisk Wegovy savings offer expanded to all retail pharmacies - MSN

Filling a prescription in the Seattle area? Put on comfortable shoes and be ready to wait - The Seattle Times

Novo Nordisk offers cheaper Wegovy for all cash-paying patients at retail pharmacy - FiercePharma

Ohio pharmacy closures lead to fears of medicine deserts, especially in rural areas - News 5 Cleveland WEWS

Retail’s last barbarian takes on Walgreens Boots - Financial Times

Nearly 1 in 3 retail pharmacies have closed since 2010 - UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Did You Know: UConn Health Offers Retail Pharmacy Services? - University of Connecticut

Community-based retail pharmacy’s role in collaborative healthcare - Wolters Kluwer

Drug Marketing

AstraZeneca, Pfizer rebuked over breaking UK drug marketing rules on LinkedIn use - FiercePharma

Prescription Drug Costs | Pros, Cons, Debate, Arguments, Economy, Laws, Government, & Regulation - Britannica

Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) Market Research 2024-2035: - GlobeNewswire

Top U.S. pharmacies ranked by prescription drugs market share in 2024 - Statista

China Issues New Domestic Responsible Person Rules for Foreign Drug Marketing Authorization Holders - Morgan Lewis

Big Pharma's $13.8B DTC ad spend drives drug costs - TechTarget

San Francisco police, sheriff's deputies raid open-air drug market at Market St. and Van Ness Ave., arrest dozens - CBS San Francisco

National Drug Code Directory - FDA.gov

Drug Stocks Are the New Safe Bet in a Shaky Market - The Wall Street Journal